• A definition/description of the source (one –two sentences)

~ Agricultural Runoff (crops) is the surface run off that is affiliated with the farming of crops.

• The actual pollutants associated with the source (list)

~ The pollutants that are associated with Agricultural Runoff (crops) are sediment, out of place plant nutrients, inorganic salts and minerals, organic wastes, infectious agents and industrial and agricultural chemicals.

~ Sediment-A naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion.
~ Fertilizers- A chemical that increases growing of crops
~Inorganic Salts and Minerals- inorganic salts and minerals including boron impair the quality of soil and water. Even a trace of boron is highly toxic.
~Organic wastes- Natural debris and animal wastes used in fertilizers that runoff of fields.
~Infectious Agents-Carried by wind, water and soil, bacteria and virus diseases of crops are spread by machines that move contaminated soil, insects, weed seeds and irrigation water.
~Industrial and Agricultural chemicals- Chemicals that are used to grow crops.

• Potential impacts/dangers of the pollutants (list)

  
  ~ Fertilizer- causes the growth of algae in water clogging the water.